In this bonus episode I recently had the opportunity to appear on Katie Moran's podcast, Artistic Spirit, to discuss how people can use their creativity to improve their mental health, how many people do not feel that they're creative but all of us have it in us and it has the power to help heal us and the power to help others.

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Jackie Nichols is a detective with the Asotin County Sheriff's Office in Western Washington. Jackie is the only detective working for the Asotin County Sheriff's Office which is responsible for providing law enforcement services to this sparsely populated yet geographically large county in the southeastern corner of the state.

Today we're going to discuss cold cases, the advances in DNA as a law enforcement tool, the legal hurdles that can get in the way of utilizing it to solve cases, difficulties with cross jurisdictional investigations and the problems that can arise when certain types of missing persons cases are not treated like they could be murders.

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We made it through another year and 2023 this year like many brought some challenges, a lot of rewards and a ton of learning. I had the idea here in our first year looking through our episodes to see what messages we heard from our guests that enlightened us and challenged us to think through many complicated issues that we grapple with as humans. There were moments of hope, clarity, inspiration and so many people who are trying to make the world a better place. I will be reflecting on 2023 through the lens of our guests and our listeners.

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This episode is a part of a discussion I recently had on the meaning of the holidays, family, friendship and community with several of our listeners. As we head toward the end of the year, I thought it would be nice to celebrate our 50th episode with a group of listeners I've met over the course of the past year. This group of listeners are people that I often receive feedback from and consult on their ideas and simply listen to their stories. Their lives often give me inspiration for the guests I bring on to the show since we started in February. My listeners are very much a part of the podcast as much as my guests

It's a wonderful group of people, a wonderful group of human beings and I'm so grateful not only to have them as listeners but in my life. We're going to discuss the meaning of the holidays, family and community. I picked this topic because it's something I've learned from two of my guests Brett and Alice, of the prosecutor's podcast. They pointed out in their episodes with us what primarily drives them to continue. Their podcast is not their interest in law or true crime which both run deep but the community that they've built at a time when so many of our traditional communities as Brett said are broken and at a time where we need community the most.

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This Christmas Eve we wanted to share with you a podcast that has been a true joy of the year and the season, Santa Maybe, a Criminal. Santa Maybe, a Criminal is a true-crime satire podcast that on its face is about whether Santa ran over a woman in a small Georgia town. But it is really about hope, healing and finding the meaning of Christmas. On Christmas Eve, we thought it would share this for your binging pleasure. 

The podcast features some of our favorite true-crime podcasters and guests from the year, including the podcast's creator, Jason Ursy, Dr. Shiloh from L.A. Not So Confidential, Brett and Alice from The Prosecutors Podcast and Bob Motta of the Defense Diaries.

Hop over to www.santamaybe.com to find all two seasons of episodes.

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Jayson is joined by Kristina Ralph, who works with leaders and others on personality characteristics, can help people develop self-awareness and live better lives and Brittney Lawhorn, the Director of Operations at Goose Creek Consulting, who also works with leaders and others who have those same goals.

This episode will give us a chance to laugh, learn, get some chuckles and gain some insight. What we find in our work is that sometimes it's easier to relate to ourselves when we have great examples from the screen or other forms of entertainment. Today we're going to be using a framework that was designed by Dr. Bob Hogan, the founder of Hogan Assessments and we'll be exploring the absence of the 11 personality tendencies that really impact our lives.

You can listen to part one of this episode here.

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Today we're sharing a bonus episode from our December meetup in Atlanta with several podcasters where I facilitated a discussion on the motivations behind hosting and producing true crime podcasts. The panel included Brandon Hall from Music City 911 Podcast, Nina Innsted from Already Gone, Dana Poll from True Crime P.I., Robert Parmer from The Broken System Podcast and Jason Ursy from Santa Maybe, a Criminal.

For those of you who could not make it to the meetup in Atlanta, I want to share this illuminating panel discussion with you and share it for those who made it and would like to re-listen.

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Jayson is joined by Kristina Ralph, who works with leaders and others on the personality characteristics, can help people develop self-awareness and live better lives and Brittney Lawhorn, the Director of Operations at Goose Creek Consulting who also works with leaders and others who have those same goals. Today we're going to be using a framework designed by Dr. Bob Hogan, the founder of Hogan Assessments and we'll be exploring 11 personality tendencies that are core to our lives.

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In this episode, Jayson is joined by Brandon Schrand, an essayist, an award-winning author and the host of The Snake River Killer Podcast. In addition to hosting The Snake River Killer Podcast, Brandon is the communications director at the College of Agriculture, Hhuman and Natural Resource Sciences at Washington State University in Pullman, Washington.

In a day and age where true crime podcasting and television has become mainstay, investigative podcasters take on a special burden of diving deep into emotional cases which takes a toll as they explore deep social issues and fight for justice.

We're going to look into those issues explore the emotional toll of working on these kinds of cases and discuss what podcasts like Brandon's are truly looking for on the inside and looking to accomplish.

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This is a bonus episode with Elizabeth McMaster, an attorney and an advocate who focuses on areas of law that intersect with Elder law, guardianship and mental health. Today we’re talking about a Virginia case that became national and international that she calls the granny kidnapping.

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